It’s that time of the year again when I spotlight art that is eerie. The art this week is the surrealist paintings of Tetsuya Ishida (石田 徹也). Ishida exposes the pressure and anxieties of ordinary life in urban Japan. His paintings resonate with all of us how hard it can be to try to bear the weight of society’s expectations. Having us ponder: what is the essence of me?
Your pondering: Surrealism as an art form “aims to liberate the mind through the exploration of the subconscious, dreams, and chance.” Surrealism is much like modern Halloween. Halloween is a moment that gives us the freedom to play being who we would like to be or an element of ourselves that we would like to explore which during our “normal” life we cannot. So, my pondering for you is thinking back to the costumes you have worn, what did they let you experience?
Solar System highlights
Posting again – I need some feedback- How many of you want/use this part? Please reply – if it is at least 10 people – I’ll still include. 2 of you out of 300 answered back, so I’m posting this for one more cycle for you all to respond.
The moon begins in Sagittarius – the beginning of week might be challenging to find a focus. By Wednesday you hit your stride with the moon in Capricorn giving us focus and energy. On Saturday the moon is in Aquarius when it is best to go with the flow. Then Monday October 14th the moon washes into Pisces. Great time for your imagination and daydreams. Again, on Wednesday October 16th our energy gets reignited with an Aries moon. And lastly, we end this cycle with the moon landing in one of its favorite places on Friday, Taurus. Which sets us up for a cozy and grounding weekend.
Mercury is Libra until October 13th. We get to work on balancing our listening and speaking, especially in our close relationships. Then it moves into Scorpio until October 31st, which will be a fun Halloween to explore and express your passions.
Venus is in Scorpio until October 15th. This is a very sensual vibe, as well as a great time for transformation. Then it moves into Sagittarius until December 7th. Where it supports exploration of beauty and harmony.
Mars is still in Cancer until November 3rd. Not its favorite place. Often our plans go sideways but this is the genius of this placement- to find ways around instead of straight through a problem.
And our longer aspects: Jupiter, the planet of abundance and growth, is in Gemini until June of 2025. This placement is here to help us work with opportunities to grow and succeed through intellectual, verbal, and written pursuits. However, we must also watch its challenging aspects: not following through, gossip, too much information and fickleness. And lastly Saturn is in Pisces until February 2026 teaching us how to be more fluid and inclusive in our structures.
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** Signs with an * it is a big week for you. Libra this is a perfect time to get an Astrological Tarot Reading for your coming year. And Aries it is your halfway mark for your birth year, so if you need a Planetary Reading for a check in, now is the time.
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May light be on you, around you, and within you.
Nina
Aries
Four of Air – The Muse of Rest is here to get you to slow down and plug for a bit. Usually, this muse shows up when you are not realizing you need to take a break. That is a break in all areas: mental, emotional, and physical. For some of you this muse is warning you that your immune system is low so it will be easy for you to catch a cold. For others it may mean you need to step back from a relationship and reassess your part in it. And for the rest it means a mental break from social media and just being on 24/7. The key for all of you is space and time to restore and rebalance yourself.
Taurus
Six of Earth – The Muse of Giving is hanging with you all for the next two weeks. This muse reminds you that small acts of gratitude and kindness are worth taking the time for this cycle. Libra season is a celebration of family and creating harmony, so it will be easier to give to those close to you. But this muse would also like you to extend a hand out into your broader world, with a smile and nod to your neighbor. Your motto: treat people like you would like to be treated.
Gemini
Three of Fire – The Muse of Negotiation comes when you need to work on compromise and diplomacy. This energy fits right into this season of Libra where the focus is on family and harmony. This means that you need to work more on your compromising skills, and to look at where you are giving in to much. Your negotiations for the coming weeks should aspire to be win-win scenarios.
Cancerian
Ten of Fire – The Muse of Burdens comes when you are doing too much. Yes, you have responsibilities but for the next two weeks the muses would like you to lay some of them down. She suggests that you prioritize your list by what needs to get done just within these next two weeks and pick the top ten. Then take the last 3 off. This is not a time to multi-task but work on one item until you get stuck then move to the next. And she reminds as the stewardess of your coming weeks: Put the oxygen mask on yourself before you put it on others.
Leo
Eight of Clouds – The Muse of Binding comes when you are attaching yourself to thought patterns that no longer work for you. She reminds you that this is not a judgement of those thoughts or processes. They served their purpose. But now is the time to let them go and align yourself with new mythos, goals, morals or ethics that are more appropriate and helpful for now.
Virgo
*Moon – The Muse of Emoting is here to help you navigate the slightly obscured emotional waters in and around you. These next two weeks take extra care with your emotions and others. She suggests you let your heart have a soft focus when dealing with emotional expectations, for during this time your emotional reasoning is slightly off as well as the emotional environment around you being somewhat precarious. This uncertain is not out of spite or purpose but out of an inability due to skill set or time to self-reflect.
Libra
*Lovers – The Muse of Relationships fits right in with your birth-month vibe. She would like you to review and revise, if necessary, the relationships you would like to focus on in your coming birth-year. Relationships always play a big role in you all’s lives, but this year the focus will be even stronger. She asks – who would you like to spend time within the coming year? Who is your “ride or die” crew? What do you need to work on to be a better partner, friend, co-worker? Are the relationships you are in balanced? This is the birth year to correct, re-balance and spend more time with the ones you love, and expand your relationships with the ones you want to.
Scorpio
Seven of Earth – The Muse of Harvest is appropriately here right before your new birth-year. She advises this is the best time to review what you have done since your last birthday and finish up any lose ends that you do not want to carry into the next. So, by your birthday you can take stock of what you have and what you will need, so you can properly set up goals and aspirations for 2025.
Sagittarius
Mind of Earth – The Muse of Building is hanging with you these next two weeks to get you to the next level in a project or any focus you set your eyes on. This can be improving your exercise regimen, getting to a new point in a work project, cross off a bunch of tiny to-dos on your list. This muse can give you energy, insight or incentive. So, pay attention to people offering the latter two and taking advantage of the former when it shows up.
Capricorn
*Strength – The next couple of weeks can try your resolve. So, the Muse of Inner Strength is here to help. She reminds you that you have gone through way worse, but you also now have the wisdom to not repeat previous misconstrues, mistakes and mishaps. So, you have strengthened your spiritual backbone with poise and confidence that you can now lean on. You got this if you just stay true to who you are and your vision.
Aquarius
*Hanged One – The Muse of Suspension is here to point out that inertia can be your friend. She reminds you that a stop can give you time to think, a breathe, a moment of relaxation, or realign you or situation to a better outcome. So, take these two weeks as they come. Try not to push an agenda if you are encountering roadblocks. Be grateful and take advantage of catching a redlight to get a breath, or not getting a job because there is better one suited for you coming.
Pisces
Eight of Fire – Messages and information with be overflowing to the point of possible exhaustion or feeling overwhelmed. The Muse of Messages reminds you firstly all this information may not all be for you and secondly that it is just information. This is not a time to act on any of it. Think of these two weeks as if you were a research scientist/reporter gathering information. Write down dreams, ideas, and things that standout, but now is not the time to sift, prioritize, integrate or even process it.
Knight of Swords – Last week the Page advised finding out more information before moving forward. Now with that information, the Knight of Swords pronounces moving ahead but taking your time thinking before action. This is a week to slow down in general for you will miss vital information or missteps. This card’s practical application also warns, watch out that you don’t hurt your extremities. Look both ways when you cross the street. Curl your fingers in when you cut veggies and be careful when you are walking.
*High Priestess – Last week the Chariot, card of change that you are sole responsible for, pulled up to give you another chance to make transformations happen around areas that you want to alter. Now the High Priestess shows up advising that you need to do some deep reference work on the how and why of your changes. The great thing about this card is, if you ask for signs from the heavens, she can scry you some answers either in your dreams, synchronicities or in deep contemplation. This can look as simple as you need a new plumber for that drip in your bathroom sink, you see a black cat in the window, then you google a plumber near you and see one named Black Cat Plumbing. Or as complex as doing dream work with your desires. Motto: Insight and inspiration comes from many sources.
*Hanged Man – Last week, the Devil card came to test you on who you are and what you stand for. This week the Hanged Man keeps you in a purgatory like state to let you contemplate how you were triggered last week. You need to see the patterns and/or places that are working against you. You can blame your failure on others, or you can see that maybe the game you have willingly played is rigged. Time to figure out what really is important in your life and how you want to be seen in the world. Take this week to center back to who you really are.
Eight of Swords – Your thoughts get in your way this week. The Eight of Swords advises to stop over analyzing a situation. If you let old thought patterns go, you will make room for feelings that are more helpful then harmful.
Ace of Wands – Last week you all got your first big card for your birth-year, the Strength card. This card comes to help you ground yourself and acknowledge your resilience, self-compassion, and mental acuity. By 2020’s birthday you will feel more comfortable in you own skin. This week, the Ace of Wands joins the Strength Card having you strike the match to create passion in your life. This year has the potential for new beginnings. The question for you to answer is what is your deep desire? Then write it on a scrap of paper and burn it on the Virgo moon, August 28th or 29th. And then let the Universe finds ways to gift it to you in the coming year.
Page of Cups – Time to get out your rose-colored glasses. The Page of Cups advises to look at the events and people in your life this week with compassion and empathy. Everyone needs a little love. The challenge with this card is being vulnerable enough to receive the love back.
Six of Wands – The Six of Wands is the card of victory. Take this week to see all that you have accomplished and pat yourself on the back. The only challenge with this card is even though you deserve this break and win, be aware that the battle is not yet totally won.
*The Magician – The Magician is the card of bringing the divine down into the material plane. It is a great week to create! This can look as simple as making an exquisite meal that delights the senses. Or as complex as writing the next great novel. Then only challenge with this card is that your creation must have meaning behind. This is not a week for mundane chores and to-do list. If you reach with a higher purpose you will be able to grasp the brass ring.
Page of Wands – The Page of Wands comes when you need to create or live with a flourish of passion. This card shows up to re-ignite your purpose and enhance your innovation. If you are not vibing with this energy or your muse has gone on vacation. Time to immerse your self in the arts, music or nature to realign yourself with your passion.
Two of Coins – This week can get out of balance. The challenge is figure out what you need to do to stop your internal and/or external vertigo. This card suggests juggling one thing well before picking up another. Or even better, don’t multitask at all this week.
Queen of Wands – Last week the Tower, card of change coming from an outside source, shook up something that was not working. But if you were proactive in initiating the change, the Tower promised it would lessen the blow. So, if you did nothing and shit hit the fan, the Queen of Wands advises to use your intuition to help clean up the mess this week. If you did initiate the change, then she helps by staking out the easier path with the breadcrumbs of synchronicities. Making you surer of the path you are now on and more instinctive with every step. Either way your Spidey Sense is key this week.
Seven of Pentacles – Another great week to put time and effort into how you make your money. The Seven of Pentacles is the work horse card. Spend this week investing ways that will bring you material wealth. The only challenge with this card is having patience. This week is great for planting ideas/time/space; however, you will have to wait till late fall to see its bounty.
Queen of Swords – The Queen of Swords can play out two ways this week. First, because you are a true friend and have integrity, you might feel called to protect someone or idea. Second, your intellect is honed to see the smallest cracks in any project or process. However, the common challenge is when defending or helping you tend to be a bit too pointy in your communications and/or parlays. So, the question to work on is – how can you say and/or do your truth without coming off as being judgmental?
Eight of Cups – The Eight of Cups is the card of letting go. Whether it is emotional or physical baggage this is a great week to prioritize and simplify. This card is a mini-turning point in your life. So, look around your physical and internal landscapes and get rid of what no longer fits the you of NOW.
Nine of Cups – The Nine of Cups continues the theme of last week’s Sun card. The Sun closed out your birth month with its energy of growth and increasing your person shine. This card is about enjoying life’s abundance and being content with what is in the now. Take this week to partake and be grateful for all that you have.
King of Cups– Last week the Hierophant declared a theme for 2019-2020 – organization and structure. This week the King of Cups ask you to put responsibility aside and celebrate your birth. This King rules your emotional well-being, and he wants you to party, fall deeply in love, fill your cups and enjoy life overall. The only caution with this Bacchian vibe is be careful of overindulgence.
Nine of Pentacles – The Nine of Pentacles advice, this is a good week to get things accomplished and easier if you spend your productive time alone. This is not calling for you to be totally isolated but when or if you decide to invite others in choice wisely. Outsiders can be a distraction to your efficiency.
King of Pentacles – Last week, The Death card declared it was great time to start the ball rolling to create change in places that have bottom out, dead-ended or ran out of oomph. The goal was and is to weed out the dead growth so new things can grow in its stead. This week the King of Pentacles gives you a bit more control on the process and outcome than last week. Where last week was more go with the flow, this week is more hands on. This card brings with it the momentum to finish up or clean out projects that have spilled over from last week. The challenge is still not to start anything new but to finish up or build upon the old.
Seven of Cups – The Seven of Cups is the card of imagination and wishes. This is a great week to daydream and fantasy about what would satisfy your heart ie: make you content with love and relationships. There is a paradoxically challenge with this card and week. One side is challenging you that you are not dreaming or living big enough and the other is that your dreams play out in your life as more fantasy then fiction. The key dream bigger with love while being also realistic of human nature.
Page of Swords – When the Page of Swords shows up it means that you do not have all the information you need to move forward or make decisions this week. Take this time to put on your Sherlock hat and find out what is going on behind the scenes. The challenge is posing the right questions and listening to the answers with an open mind.
Knight of Cups – The Knight of Cups is the card of romance and people/places or things that stir your heart. This week take time to do all things that fill your emotion well. The only challenge with this card is you may wear your heart on your sleeve. This is not always a comfortable position for Capricorn’s hearts to be, but it is important to share some vulnerability and insight into what stirs you with those that you are close to. Intimacy is vital for the human experience.
*Moon – The Moon realms the realm of things that are hidden. Everything is not what it seems this week, and there is information that you need to process. This week is dealt with best when you open your mind to your intuition to find your path through the fog. This is a great week to daydream or follow your wimsy instead of cold hard facts and logic. And by doing so, you unlock some subconscious info that you will need soon. The challenge is when you are having to deal with the outer world. Be aware this week you can feel vulnerable and/or moody when pushed to make decisions in this misty moonlight. If you must move forward, follow your instinct instead of your logic.
Seven of Wands – The Seven of Wands is the card of challenges. This card foretells that this week can have some struggles, but they are important for you furthering your opportunities. The challenge is not to get discourage these trials are short lived and easily solved. Motto: Keep on Keeping on.
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Last week the Magician challenged you to experiment and see that the key to success are learning and building on your mistakes. This week continues that theme with the focus shifting to relationships. The solution is not so much learning from past mistakes but finding new ways to connect. Remember unconditional love is to truly seeing and saying I like you just the way you are – Mister Rodgers. 
The Queen of Wands embodies spiritual creativity. Your challenge is being mindful of what you create. She asks- What are you communicating with your creation? Will it improve the world? That challenge is daunting unless you remember the quote from Mother Theresa- I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.
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